Improvement in lamp-burners



E. P. FOLLETT. Lamp-Burner.

No. 206,432. Patentedluly 30,1878.

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EDWARD P. FOLLETT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAM P-BURNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,432, dated July 30,1878; application filed June 28, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. FOLLETT, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedLamp-Burner, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved lamp-burner. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same, taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved attachment forthe burners of lamps, kerosene-stoves, &c., the use of which will causea more thorough combustion of the oil, and will produce a steadier,whiter, and larger flame than is possible with ordinary burners of thesame size.

The invention consists in the combination of the wire-gauze shield,constructed as hereinafter described, with the perforated plate, thewick-tube, and the cone of a lampburner; and in the combination of theperforated sheetmetal cap, constructed as herein after described, withthe wire-gauze shield, and with the perforated plate, the wick-tube, andthe cone of a lamp-burner, as hereinafter set forth.

A represents the base or collar, B the perforated plate, 0 the wicktube, and D the cone, of alamp-burner, about the construction of whichparts there is nothing new. E represents a shield, made of finewire-gauze, having a hole cut throughits center of such a shape and sizeas to receive the wick-tube O.

The inner edge of the gauze is then curved downward to rest against theoutside of the wick-tube, and its outer edge is curved down: ward andtrimmed off, so as to rest upon the plate B. The curved or arched upperpart of the shield E rises above the top of the wicktube 0 all around,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In making the shields E, they are struck up into the required shape withdies. By this construction the air that rises to the flame around thewick-tube O is minutely divided, and is projected in a multitude of finestreams against the flame. At the same time the shield becomes heated,so as to heat the air before it strikes the flame. The efieet of this isto produce alarger, whiter, and steadier flame than is possible withordinary burners of the same size.

F is a cap of finely-perforated sheet metal, which is struck up withdies into the form of a section of a sphere, and which has a slot formedthrough its top of about the shape and size of the slot through the coneD. The base of the cap F is made of such a size as to inclose all theperforations through the plate B. In using the burner with this cap F,the said cap F becomes heated, and heats the air as it rises around theshield E to the flame, and thus increases the effect of the said shieldE.

By extending the wick-tube G and the cone D upward, and extending theouter wall of the shield E downward, so that it may still rest upon theplate B, the burner may be used without a chimney. In this case thelower part of the shield E may be made of sheet metal, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the wire-gauze shield E,constructed as described, with the perforated plate B, the wick-tube C,and the cone 1) of a lamp-burner, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the perforated sheetmetal cap F, constructed asdescribed, with the wire-gauze shield E, and with the perforated plateB, the wick-tube O, and the cone D of a lamp-burner, substantially asherein shown and described.

EDYVARD P. FOLLETT.

\Vitnesses:

J AMZES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIGK.

